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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

THURSDAY'S TWIST AT THE OUTLAWZ

Thursday's Twist challenge at The Outlawz calls for any type of folded card, and I played along for fun, and made this gate fold card:


I started off by hand embroidering  the lavender stems onto a heavy white CS diecut, using regular sewing thread and 2mm seed beads:



I added butterfly stickers and a raffia bow and then matted onto lavender, and white CS.
The base card is lavender CS, and I used silver peel offs and lavender gems in the corners.

Here is a view showing the fold:


luv'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICA

I would like to add my card to the following challenges:
SHOPPING OUR STASH, #125, STITCHING, FAUX OR REAL (The beads are from my huge stash of beads used for belly dance costumes)

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17 comments:

  1. MerryOctober 29, 2013 at 11:30 PM

    This is so pretty, great style and love the stitched lavender. Thanks for joining in our stitching challenge at Unstampabelles this month.

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  2. UnknownOctober 29, 2013 at 11:59 PM

    Oh my goodness this is beautiful, thank you for sharing over at MIM, Hugs Kerry DT xx

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  3. craftin-dawnOctober 30, 2013 at 1:30 AM

    Gorgeous! Love the die cut and the lavender is so pretty! Thanks for joining us this week at Created With Love Challenges for our ANYTHING GOES Challenge!
    DawnD

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  4. lozOctober 30, 2013 at 1:42 AM

    Fabulous card and beading. I saw this on MIM..Loz

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  5. Cathy POctober 30, 2013 at 5:29 AM

    Such gorgeous flowers. Nice job with the thread and seed beads. Thanks for linking your card up with us at the Sister Act Challenge Blog this week.
    Cathy xx

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  6. Vickie YOctober 30, 2013 at 10:39 PM

    Beautiful flowers and card. Thank you for playing along with us at Twisted Tuesday Challenges.

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  7. Chris HanselmanOctober 30, 2013 at 11:19 PM

    Cute card. Love the flowers. Thanks for joining our Anything Goes Challenge at Created With Love Challenges

    ~~Chris

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  8. Lady Bug StampersOctober 30, 2013 at 11:19 PM

    Jen this is really pretty. I love the idea of the way you put the paper on a diagonal. Thanks for joining in the fun at Created with Love Challenges.
    Linda K. DT.

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  9. LinOctober 31, 2013 at 1:59 AM

    Wow Jen your lavender flowers are just gorgeous. Love the whole layout.

    Thanks for sharing with us

    Lin
    Crafty Cardmakers

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  10. Susan HoganOctober 31, 2013 at 3:29 AM

    Love the embroidery - looks fantastic. Great gatefold card too. Thanks for sharing it with us at Unstampabelles for our challenge this month.

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  11. Crafting with DarcyOctober 31, 2013 at 5:28 AM

    I saw your card on Make it Monday! It is beautiful!
    Hugs
    Darcy

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  12. VivOctober 31, 2013 at 6:35 PM

    Lovely card! Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Cardmakers!

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  13. magsNovember 1, 2013 at 12:00 AM

    A lovely creation. Thanks for sharing with us at A Gem of a Challenge and good luck.
    mags
    x

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  14. HuggiesCraftsNovember 1, 2013 at 4:29 AM

    I love your stitched lavender. Thank you for taking part in our Unstampabelles Stitching challenge.

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  15. Lizzie RNovember 1, 2013 at 6:37 AM

    Very nice card! Great choice of colours! Thanks for joining us over at Twisted Tuesday Challenges!

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  16. Julie ReedNovember 2, 2013 at 1:22 AM

    Great card, I love the little lavender stems.
    Thanks for sharing with us at CCM. Jules DT:)

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  17. Lauren TNovember 3, 2013 at 12:35 PM

    The lavender looks amazing, you must have so much patience to stitch all those beads. Thanks for sharing at Unstampabelles.

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